The Ranch Church Podcast

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The weekly podcast featuring Sunday messages from Pastor Rick Soto and guests from The Ranch Church Visit us on Sundays at Shoestring Farms located at 800 E Hwy 246 in the beautiful Santa Ynez valley. Go to ranchchurch.com for more information.

  1. Oct 12

    Hope for Weary Pilgrims -- Hebrews 12:1-3 - Rick Soto

    You’re listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, go to ranchchurch.com. Weariness comes for all of us, even when we are doing everything right. Opening Hebrews 12, Pastor Rick Soto brings a message he calls Hope for Weary Pilgrims, turning from the hall of faith to the great cloud of witnesses and the call to lay aside every weight, run with endurance, and look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. Rick teaches that weariness is not the end but an invitation to draw near to God, and he separates the tiredness that comes from faithfully fighting the good fight from the tiredness of being out of step with the Lord. He offers a simple equation of faith: God’s power minus pain equals either abundance or weariness, and the difference is whether we call on that power. As pilgrims and exiles who know this world is not our home, we can still embrace the good life God gives here. Through David’s honest prayers in the Psalms and Isaiah’s promise that those who wait for the Lord will renew their strength, Rick shows how God meets his people in their exhaustion, and he traces a pattern found across Scripture: God speaks, his people resist, God helps them listen, and his people go. Looking closely at Hebrews 12:3, he explains how Jesus overcomes the hostile inner voice that speaks against God’s Word. The message closes with Jesus’ own invitation in Matthew 11, come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, as the prayer team invites the church forward. Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1-3; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 2:11; Psalm 6:6-7; Psalm 13:1-2; Psalm 23; Psalm 27:4, 14; Psalm 56:8; Isaiah 40:28-31; Matthew 11:28-30

  2. Oct 12

    Don’t Give Up -- Hebrews 12:1-4 - Lars Linton

    You’re listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, go to ranchchurch.com. Stepping out of the hall of faith and into Hebrews 12, Lars Linton brings a word for anyone who has come to the end of themselves: don’t give up. Whether the exhaustion comes from parenting, work, a health crisis, or a weary faith, he shows how Hebrews 12:1-4 gives us what we need to keep running. Everyone needs a cloud. That means the great cloud of witnesses, whose faith did not expire when their lives ended, and a community of believers around us today, because our own faith lays the foundation for the next generation. Everyone needs an encounter with Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. He pioneered the way through the cross, and he is pioneering and perfecting our faith through every circumstance of life right now. And everyone needs endurance, the kind Jesus showed when, for the joy set before him, he endured the cross and sat down at the right hand of God, from where he poured out the Holy Spirit. Drawing on 1 Peter 1:7 and the promises of full joy in John 15 and 16, Lars reminds us that facing our doubts is how faith grows, and that joy is not optional for the Christian life. The message closes with the prayer team inviting the church to stand and receive prayer. Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1-4; Hebrews 11:6, 8-12; 1 Peter 1:7; Mark 9:24; John 15:11; John 16:24; Galatians 5:22-23

  3. Oct 12

    How Faith Crosses Over -- Hebrews 11:29-40 - Rick Soto

    You’re listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, go to ranchchurch.com. Pastor Rick Soto brings the hall of faith in Hebrews 11 to a close with verses 29 through 40, in a message he calls How Faith Crosses Over. From the Red Sea to the walls of Jericho to the house of Rahab, he shows how God carries his people out of one life and into another: from bondage into deliverance, from lack into abundance, from darkness into his marvelous light. Drawing on John 5:24, where Jesus says the one who believes has passed from death to life, and on 1 Peter 2:9, Rick reminds the church that no one is here by accident. We are chosen, and God still asks, what’s in your hand? Looking back on how the Lord brought Ranch Church into its 63 acres, he names four truths for every crossing: God chooses to move, God chooses to deliver, God chooses to destroy evil, and God chose you. The Red Sea calls us to reject man-made religion, rebellion, and excuses. Jericho calls us to do things God’s way, without complaint. And Rahab, a woman her world had used and discarded, shows how completely God can rewrite a life, to the point of placing her in the family line of the Messiah. The message closes with the faithful of whom the world was not worthy, and an invitation to come forward for prayer for power, deliverance, renewal, and salvation. Scriptures: Hebrews 11:29-40; Exodus 14; Joshua 2:9-11; Joshua 6; John 5:24; 1 Peter 2:9; Matthew 1:5

  4. Oct 12

    The Anatomy of Faith -- Hebrews 11:23-29 - Jeff Clay

    You're listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, go to ranchchurch.com. Continuing through the hall of faith in Hebrews 11, Jeff Clay turns to verses 23 through 29 and the life of Moses, Israel's greatest prophet, lawgiver, and deliverer. In a message he calls The Anatomy of Faith, Jeff takes faith apart piece by piece to show the kind of faith that freed a nation and can still set us free today. It begins with Moses' parents, who hid their son in defiance of Pharaoh's edict because they saw he was no ordinary child. It grows into Moses' own courageous refusal of royal privilege, choosing to suffer with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin, because he was looking ahead to his reward. Every time we say no to sin, Jeff reminds us, we are saying yes to something far better. From there, Moses endures because he sees him who is invisible, institutes the Passover through simple obedience to strange instructions, and leads a fearful people through the Red Sea with a faith strong enough to carry a nation. Drawing on Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 4, Jeff calls a church living in an increasingly hostile culture to believe the Word of God, fix its eyes on what is unseen, and ask the Lord for increased faith. The message closes with the prayer team inviting the church forward to pray for that faith. Scriptures: Hebrews 11:23-29; Hebrews 11:1, 6; Numbers 12:6-8; Exodus 14:13-14; Isaiah 63:9; Romans 8:18, 28-30; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Kings 6:17 Pastoral invitation: Ask God for increased faith, not private or theoretical but objective faith that is lived out. The prayer team came forward and Jeff invited the church to come pray with them for courage to name the name of Christ when it is hard. Jeff also thanked the prayer team for praying every Sunday.

  5. Sep 18

    Every Saint Has a Past -- Acts 9:1-19 - Derek Bluett

    You're listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com. Guest speaker Derek Bluett opens Acts chapter 9 and the conversion of Saul, arguing that the gospel offers not behavior modification but true transformation. Walking through Saul's encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and Ananias's obedience in going to pray for him, Derek shows that transformation is sparked by trials, requires real trust in God rather than in ourselves, and results in a freedom the world cannot offer. He closes with Jesus's promise in John 8:36, that whoever the Son sets free is free indeed, and challenges the church to live a life clearly marked by the gospel rather than quietly blending in. Scriptures: Acts 9:1-19; John 8:36 Pastoral invitation: An open call for anyone wanting greater transformation to come forward for prayer and the laying on of hands, framed explicitly as a step of faith, with the awkwardness of standing up and leaving the seat named as part of that step. Continuity: Guest Sunday, breaks from the Hebrews series. No direct scriptural link back to Hebrews 11, though the theme of God transforming people through trials and trust would bridge naturally if you want to tie it back on air.

  6. Sep 2

    Good Sheep and Bad Sheep -- John 10:11-18; John 21:15-17 - Dr. Rich Danson

    You're listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com. On this family Sunday, Dr. Rich Danson teaches the whole congregation, kids included, what it means that Jesus is the Good Shepherd. Starting in John 10, he traces the shepherd picture from Isaiah's prophecy of a coming Ruler through David the shepherd king, showing how sheep are helpless without a shepherd's guidance and protection, and how the Good Shepherd, unlike a hireling, lays down His life for the flock and never abandons it. He grounds our need for that shepherd in Isaiah's picture of sheep gone astray and Paul's word in Romans 3:23 that everyone has sinned, pointing to Jesus as the only way back to the Father. The message then moves to John 21, where the resurrected Jesus restores Peter through a threefold question, do you love me, answered with a threefold charge, feed my lambs, tend my sheep, feed my sheep. Danson uses this exchange to call every believer into active service rather than sitting on the sidelines, and closes with the promise that those who serve faithfully will be honored by the Father and will shine forever.

  7. Sep 2

    Get Ready to Grow -- Hebrews 11:17-22 - Rick Soto

    You're listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com. Continuing through Hebrews 11, Pastor Rick Soto asks the church a direct question: are you ready to grow? Preaching from verses 17 through 22, he walks through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, four men who all experienced God's discipline on the way to becoming heroes of faith. He grounds the theme in Romans 8:29 and Romans 12:2, God's will to conform and transform us into the image of Christ, then turns to Hebrews 12 for a fuller picture of discipline as fatherly love rather than punishment. Abraham had to release his hold on Isaac. Isaac blessed the wrong son. Jacob was chosen for a different kind of growth altogether, one that included wrestling with God and walking with a permanent limp. Joseph, despite betrayal by his own family, never forgot his true home. Rick's core encouragement: God disciplines those he loves in order to change them, and that discipline, while painful in the moment, is the very thing that produces strength, holiness, and abundant life. Scriptures: Hebrews 11:17-22; Genesis 22:8; Romans 8:29; Romans 12:2; Hebrews 12:7-11; 2 Corinthians 12:10; John 10:10

  8. Aug 18

    Go in the Strength You Have - John and Debby Wright - Global Leaders of the Vineyard Church Movement

    You're listening to the Ranch Church Podcast. For more information and service times, go to ranchchurch.com. John and Debby Wright, who are stepping into the role of global leaders of the Vineyard movement, join us at the Ranch while on sabbatical in the Santa Ynez Valley with their family. Debby opens with a greeting from the worldwide Vineyard family and a picture of churches gathering in every kind of place, open-air settings like ours, centuries-old buildings, shanty towns, and countries where worship is not permitted, so that around the clock the Lord is receiving worship somewhere. John then preaches from three consecutive stories in the book of Judges, built around a question most of us have asked at one time or another. Could God really use me? He starts with his own story: a quiet, bullied, introverted boy who tested out as a perfectionist and a specialist, wired to be a jeweler, who has now spent almost 40 years in pastoral ministry. Then he walks through Judges 3, 4, and 6. Ehud was a left-handed man in a right-handed world, marked by a stigma that made him look expendable, and that same left hand is what God used to free Israel from 18 years under Moab. Jael was a woman in a man's world, not a leader and not a judge, a tent wife who knew how to drive a peg because she had done it a thousand times, and God used that ordinary skill to break 20 years of Canaanite oppression. Gideon was a timid man in a dangerous world, threshing wheat down in a winepress out of fear, calling himself the least in the weakest clan, and the Lord told him to go in the strength he had. The thread running through all three is Paul's word in 2 Corinthians 12, that God's power is made perfect in weakness. God's pattern is to choose people who cannot do what he is calling them to do in their own strength. The message closes with John and Debby leading a time of ministry, welcoming the Holy Spirit, praying for those held back by fear, setbacks, or the sense that they do not quite fit, and calling the church forward for prayer. Scriptures: Judges 3:12-30; Judges 4:1-24; Judges 5:24; Judges 6:1-16; Judges 7:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

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The weekly podcast featuring Sunday messages from Pastor Rick Soto and guests from The Ranch Church Visit us on Sundays at Shoestring Farms located at 800 E Hwy 246 in the beautiful Santa Ynez valley. Go to ranchchurch.com for more information.

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    The Ranch Church
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
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